My dissertation examines "Strategic Interdependence in International Relations," in particular the case where our estimand of interest is the kind or degree of strategic interdependence. This occurs, for example, when we would like to ask questions like:

Is free-riding occurring?

Does deterrence work?

What is the effect of competition?

Do states balance or bandwagon?

What factors promote or hinder international cooperation?

Etc.

I develop new estimators that allow consistent and directly interpretable answers to these questions and which are easy to implement in standard statistical software. Applications (in my dissertation and "spin-off" papers) include free-riding behavior in ratification of the Montreal Protocol on Ozone-Depleting Gases, early settlement in WTO disputes, and third-party intervention in civil wars.